4th Grade Science Activities : Page 11

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

Tree rings can tell the age of the tree but also information about the world. This science experiment uses tree stumps to discover new facts.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Science fair project that examines how winter storms form and the relationship between temperature, moisture and snow.

This science fair project idea investigates how a bottom keel helps keep a boat from rocking back and forth.

Here's a fun activity that will introduce your fourth grader to the concept of frictionless motion by constructing a hovercraft.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

Does skin thickness really decrease fruit spoilage? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Explore the chemistry of latex polymers with this outrageous, hilarious science activity.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

This science fair project focuses on a polymer called hydrogel super absorbent crystal which absorbs water, swelling to many times its original size.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

This science fair project idea explores if the length of the string that an object is suspended on has an effect on how fast or slow it swings.

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

What's the difference between a microwave and an oven? Use mashed potatoes to explore which kitchen appliance does a better job at keeping food warm.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

This science fair project uses paper chromatography to investigate whether black, brown, orange, and purple are pure colors or mixtures of other colors.